Laravel frustrations: who's been there?

Have you ever started a project in Laravel and then regretted it midway due to Laravel's limitations? If so, why? What was lacking in Laravel that other frameworks or languages offered?

In my case, I've been working primarily with our custom CMS built on Laravel for the past decade. I've witnessed how this language has evolved along with the surrounding infrastructure, So I must admit, I haven't really had to consider any approach other than Laravel's. My only regrets were with simpler projects where I started with Laravel and later realized that the full complexity of this framework was unnecessary, and vanilla PHP would have sufficed.

I think sharing these experiences can be incredibly valuable, not just for beginners but for seasoned Laravel users as well. It helps to get a broader perspective on where Laravel shines and where it might fall short.